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U.S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of Connecticut — Continued 

 SEED OYSTER FISHERY: By gear 



Note.— Of the number of persons fishing for seed oysters none in the dredge fishery, 108 in the fishery by 

 tongs, and all in the fishery by rakes are duplicated among those fishing in the market oyster fishery or in 

 fisheries for other species. Similarly, none of the vessels, none of the motor boats or dredges was dupli- 

 cated in the dredge fishery; 81 of the other boats, and 112 tongs were duplicated in the fishery by tongs; 

 and all other boats and rakes were duplicated in the fishery by rakes. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT THE PRINCIPAL NEW ENGLAND PORTS 



ECONOMIC ASPECT 



The landings of fishery products at the 3 principal New England 

 ports (Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine), by 

 vessels of 5 net tons and over, during 1932, amounted to 252,334,325 

 pounds as landed, valued at $6,083,851. This is a decrease of 4 

 percent in the quantity of the catch as compared with 1931, and a 

 decrease of 34 percent in the value of the catch. Of the total landings 

 99 percent consisted of fresh fish and 1 percent, salted fish. The 

 landings at Boston accounted for 215,618,979 pounds, valued at 

 $5,366,925 or 85 percent of the total quantity. The landings at 

 Gloucester in 1932 amounted to 25,328,213 pounds, valued at $434,076 

 or 10 percent of the total quantity. Landings at Portland amounted 

 to 11,387,133 pounds, valued at $282,850, or 5 percent of the total 

 landings. 



Among the landings of fresh fish, haddock outranked other species 

 in volume landed, the amount of all sizes in 1932 being 120,116,874 

 pounds or 48 percent of the total fresh fish. 



